irie_iwe
07-14-2015, 09:55 PM
#seed2sieve That's my thing. I make my hash from cannabis that I grew from seed myself simply because I do not have access to clones and I just grow and extract for myself and family. My facilities is also very small as well and mothers/clones just doesn't work for me at the moment. Not that I necessarily prefer seeds over clones. Reality is, I wish I had proper facilities for a mother room with a shelf for clones. Workin on it. :) So I'm nice and dabbed up over here and I got to thinking......
When growing from seed the variation among individuals in the garden could potentially bring a wider spectrum of cannabinoids and terpenes as opposed to clones, thus creating a more complex high and possibly more effective medicine? As we know, most "strains/crosses" will have 2 or 3 or sometimes more different phenotypes. Lots of variation. Will the composition of terps and cannabinoids inside the trichomes of each individual within a genotype vary as much as the physical appearance of the plants themselves? Then again growing from seed will bring variation in the sense that some individuals may be better/worse than others. Stronger/weaker. Maybe more/less trichomes, bigger/smaller trichomes, stronger/weaker terpene and cannabinoid content. I can see it going both ways but I have no clue. Could this result in a possibly lower or higher quality hash in both a recreational or medical aspect? How will the number of individuals used affect this? Individuals also ripen at different times which brings me another thought/question. Would it be preferred to have a wide variety of trichomes of all stages of ripeness? Some people harvest each plant separately and some chop em all at once. How do we even define "better"? How do we define a higher quality? Does more potency always mean better? Does more terps always mean better?
On the flip side specific flavors and aromas for the hash may be easier to achieve when working with select cuts and all clones should ripen at the same time. All clones ripening at the same time must help bring a certain standard to the final product benefiting the med users. Working with clone also may bring a level of familiarity with a strain one doesn't or can't have when growing from seed. I'd imagine each filial generation is going to change to a degree and most of us don't have a thousand f1's of their favorite hybrid, nor a thousand f7+'s of their favorite "stable" line to keep popping crop after crop. We probably all should be making them though, huh?
I'd imagine there are connoisseurs out there that have thought this through and in the end it probably simply comes down to personal preference. Let me know your thoughts preference if you have one.
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When growing from seed the variation among individuals in the garden could potentially bring a wider spectrum of cannabinoids and terpenes as opposed to clones, thus creating a more complex high and possibly more effective medicine? As we know, most "strains/crosses" will have 2 or 3 or sometimes more different phenotypes. Lots of variation. Will the composition of terps and cannabinoids inside the trichomes of each individual within a genotype vary as much as the physical appearance of the plants themselves? Then again growing from seed will bring variation in the sense that some individuals may be better/worse than others. Stronger/weaker. Maybe more/less trichomes, bigger/smaller trichomes, stronger/weaker terpene and cannabinoid content. I can see it going both ways but I have no clue. Could this result in a possibly lower or higher quality hash in both a recreational or medical aspect? How will the number of individuals used affect this? Individuals also ripen at different times which brings me another thought/question. Would it be preferred to have a wide variety of trichomes of all stages of ripeness? Some people harvest each plant separately and some chop em all at once. How do we even define "better"? How do we define a higher quality? Does more potency always mean better? Does more terps always mean better?
On the flip side specific flavors and aromas for the hash may be easier to achieve when working with select cuts and all clones should ripen at the same time. All clones ripening at the same time must help bring a certain standard to the final product benefiting the med users. Working with clone also may bring a level of familiarity with a strain one doesn't or can't have when growing from seed. I'd imagine each filial generation is going to change to a degree and most of us don't have a thousand f1's of their favorite hybrid, nor a thousand f7+'s of their favorite "stable" line to keep popping crop after crop. We probably all should be making them though, huh?
I'd imagine there are connoisseurs out there that have thought this through and in the end it probably simply comes down to personal preference. Let me know your thoughts preference if you have one.
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